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    Key Stage 3 & 4

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    Activity Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 National Curriculum/GCSE link
    Burial mound tour Yes Yes

    Personal and Local History unit

    Early Medieval History unit

    Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced – Archaeology, Module 2, 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3

    Self-guided walk to burial mounds Yes No  
    Self-guided visit to exhibition Yes No  
    Talk and self-guided site visit No Yes National Diploma in Travel and Tourism, Unit 18
    Talk and self-guided site visit No Yes Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education: Travel and Tourism, Unit 14

    Burial mound tour

    Students go with their guide to the burial mounds, where they learn about the excavations in 1939. They also learn about the changing state of Anglo-Saxon society in the 620s, including the arrival of Christian missionaries in East Anglia – and the implications of this change.

    Talk

    Tutors are able to discuss the elements of the syllabus which they are teaching, and the Learning Officer can tailor a talk to encompass those threads. Topics covered may include customer service, marketing the day-to-day running of a major National Trust property.

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    Child in Anglo Saxon dress in the exhibition hall at Sutton Hoo, the Anglo-Saxon royal burial site, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
    © NTPL / Ian Shaw
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